Facilitators and barriers to implementation of a pragmatic clinical trial in Aboriginal health services

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-28

  Liu, Hueming ^a   Laba, Tracey Lea ^a   Massi, Luciana ^b   Jan, Stephen ^a   Usherwood, Tim ^b   Patel, Anushka ^a   Hayman, Noel E ^c   Cass, Alan ^d   Eades, Anne Marie ^a   Lawrence, Chris ^a,b   Peiris, David P ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84936745631     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00581     Document Type: Article

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